As he announced billions of state dollars going toward Florida roads, Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing firm against accepting federal funds that "come with strings attached." DeSantis spoke Thursday at SunTrax Test Facility and Toll Operations in Auburndale to discuss Florida's ongoing commitment to relieving congestion and improving roads throughout the state. "Our only focus is on quality of life for Floridians, making sure that we're easing congestion, making sure we have safe roads, making sure that they're in good shape," DeSantis said. "We are not using transportation to push an ideological agenda, like the Biden administration is doing," he continued. "It is wrong." DeSantis said he believed that despite being among the top states for road conditions, Florida is one of several states receiving the least federal transportation funding. The state ranks No. 6 nationwide behind New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois and Texas and has been allocated about $637 million toward various transportation projects in the current fiscal year, according to the Department of Transportation. "Part of that is we don't do the 'strings attached,'" he said. "If we have to sign up for DEI and all this stuff just to receive road funding, we're not going to do that. We're not going to allow the federal government to use the purse strings to impose bad policies on the state of Florida." He claimed the Biden administration is using the Department of Transportation to forward a political agenda, harkening back to several years ago when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework would address "racist" roads, including ones in Florida. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/desantis-florida-roads-politicized-funding/67-b06e24a9-57da-4d84-ae27-f2ae0083eb53 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay